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Bangladesh
by Anthony Mascarenhas • 1986
Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.
4.12
945
🗺️ South Asian History🪖 Military Coups🏛️ Postcolonial States🔫 Political Assassinations✊ Revolution And Aftermath
Bangladesh Summary
Bangladesh 95%
Bangladesh's founders each betrayed the nation. The nation devoured each in turn.
by Anthony Mascarenhas 1986
4.12
945 ratings
🗺️ South Asian History🪖 Military Coups🏛️ Postcolonial States🔫 Political Assassinations✊ Revolution And Aftermath
A Great Place To Have A War
by Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017
Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.
3.90
788
🔍 Cia History🕵️ Covert Operations🧊 Cold War History🎭 Proxy Warfare🏛️ American Foreign Policy
A Great Place To Have A War Summary
A Great Place To Have A War 95%
Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.
by Joshua Kurlantzick 2017
3.90
788 ratings
🔍 Cia History🕵️ Covert Operations🧊 Cold War History🎭 Proxy Warfare🏛️ American Foreign Policy
The Shadow of the Great Game
by Narendra Singh Sarila • 2006
India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.
4.16
290
🇮🇳 Partition Of India🇬🇧 British Imperialism🗺️ Great Game📜 Decolonization🌏 South Asian Geopolitics
The Shadow of the Great Game Summary
The Shadow of the Great Game 94%
India's partition was engineered by Britain to secure a Cold War foothold, not just communal strife.
by Narendra Singh Sarila 2006
4.16
290 ratings
🇮🇳 Partition Of India🇬🇧 British Imperialism🗺️ Great Game📜 Decolonization🌏 South Asian Geopolitics
India's Wars
by Arjun Subramaniam • 2016
Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.
4.19
515
🇮🇳 Modern Indian History🕌 South Asian History⚔️ Military Statecraft🌍 Postcolonial Conflicts🗺️ Border Wars
India's Wars Summary
India's Wars 94%
Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.
by Arjun Subramaniam 2016
4.19
515 ratings
🇮🇳 Modern Indian History🕌 South Asian History⚔️ Military Statecraft🌍 Postcolonial Conflicts🗺️ Border Wars
Witness to Surrender
by Siddique Salik • 1977
East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.
3.86
246
🪖 Military Memoir🌏 South Asian History⚔️ Civil War🌿 Guerrilla Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Witness to Surrender Summary
Witness to Surrender 94%
East Pakistan's end: an insider's log of mutiny, guerrilla war, and the birth of Bangladesh.
by Siddique Salik 1977
3.86
246 ratings
🪖 Military Memoir🌏 South Asian History⚔️ Civil War🌿 Guerrilla Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
The Jakarta Method
by Vincent Bevins • 2020
Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.
4.61
18k+
📚 Cold War History🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🔴 Anticommunism⚡ State Violence🕵️ Covert Operations
The Jakarta Method Summary
The Jakarta Method 94%
Washington's greatest Cold War win killed a million Indonesians. Then the method went global.
by Vincent Bevins 2020
4.61
18k+ ratings
📚 Cold War History🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy🔴 Anticommunism⚡ State Violence🕵️ Covert Operations
1971
by Anam Zakaria • 2019
The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.
4.13
215
🎙️ Oral History🌏 South Asian History🕯️ War And Memory💭 Contested Memory✂️ Partition Studies
1971 Summary
1971 93%
The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.
by Anam Zakaria 2019
4.13
215 ratings
🎙️ Oral History🌏 South Asian History🕯️ War And Memory💭 Contested Memory✂️ Partition Studies
A History of Bangladesh
by Willem van Schendel • 2009
A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.
4.20
250
🗺️ South Asian History🌿 Environmental History✂️ Partition Of India🏛️ Colonial Legacies📜 Longue DuréE History
A History of Bangladesh Summary
A History of Bangladesh 93%
A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.
by Willem van Schendel 2009
4.20
250 ratings
🗺️ South Asian History🌿 Environmental History✂️ Partition Of India🏛️ Colonial Legacies📜 Longue DuréE History
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam • 1969
How Washington's most brilliant men led America into Vietnam, and could not stop themselves.
4.27
13k+
🥶 Cold War History🇻🇳 Vietnam War🎭 Political Hubris🏛️ American Foreign Policy🏠 Presidential History
The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest 93%
How Washington's most brilliant men led America into Vietnam, and could not stop themselves.
by David Halberstam 1969
4.27
13k+ ratings
🥶 Cold War History🇻🇳 Vietnam War🎭 Political Hubris🏛️ American Foreign Policy🏠 Presidential History
Killing Hope
by William Blum • 1995
For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.
4.27
2k+
❄️ Cold War Politics🕵️ Covert Operations🌎 American Empire🏛️ Regime Change💰 Corporate Imperialism
Killing Hope Summary
Killing Hope 93%
For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.
by William Blum 1995
4.27
2k+ ratings
❄️ Cold War Politics🕵️ Covert Operations🌎 American Empire🏛️ Regime Change💰 Corporate Imperialism
Covert Regime Change
by Lindsey A. O'Rourke • 2018
64 covert regime changes, a 39% success rate, and blowback that erased the gains.
4.14
85
🥶 Cold War History🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🕵️ Covert Operations💣 Regime Change💥 Blowback
Covert Regime Change Summary
Covert Regime Change 93%
64 covert regime changes, a 39% success rate, and blowback that erased the gains.
by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 2018
4.14
85 ratings
🥶 Cold War History🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🕵️ Covert Operations💣 Regime Change💥 Blowback
JFK's Forgotten Crisis
by Bruce Riedel • 2015
A CIA shadow war in Tibet helped spark the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Asia never recovered.
4.17
445
🌐 Cold War Geopolitics🏔️ Sino-Indian Relations🕵️ Covert Operations🔍 Intelligence Failures⚡ Crisis Management
JFK's Forgotten Crisis Summary
JFK's Forgotten Crisis 93%
A CIA shadow war in Tibet helped spark the 1962 Sino-Indian War. Asia never recovered.
by Bruce Riedel 2015
4.17
445 ratings
🌐 Cold War Geopolitics🏔️ Sino-Indian Relations🕵️ Covert Operations🔍 Intelligence Failures⚡ Crisis Management
Overthrow
by Stephen Kinzer • 2006
America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.
4.18
5k+
🌎 American Foreign Policy🔄 Regime Change💰 Economic Imperialism💥 Blowback🥶 Cold War History
Overthrow Summary
Overthrow 93%
America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.
by Stephen Kinzer 2006
4.18
5k+ ratings
🌎 American Foreign Policy🔄 Regime Change💰 Economic Imperialism💥 Blowback🥶 Cold War History
The Struggle for Pakistan
by Ayesha Jalal • 2014
Pakistan's founders left their demand vague. The military has exploited that ambiguity ever since.
3.94
261
🕌 South Asian History🌍 Postcolonial History🇮🇳 Partition Of India🥶 Cold War Proxy Wars🪖 Military Rule
The Struggle for Pakistan Summary
The Struggle for Pakistan 93%
Pakistan's founders left their demand vague. The military has exploited that ambiguity ever since.
by Ayesha Jalal 2014
3.94
261 ratings
🕌 South Asian History🌍 Postcolonial History🇮🇳 Partition Of India🥶 Cold War Proxy Wars🪖 Military Rule
Fire in the Lake
by Frances FitzGerald • 1972
The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.
4.10
3k+
🪖 Vietnam War🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy🇻🇳 Vietnamese History📜 Postcolonialism🏗️ Nation Building
Fire in the Lake Summary
Fire in the Lake 93%
The Vietnam War was lost in the chasm between American optimism and Vietnamese reality.
by Frances FitzGerald 1972
4.10
3k+ ratings
🪖 Vietnam War🦅 U.S. Foreign Policy🇻🇳 Vietnamese History📜 Postcolonialism🏗️ Nation Building
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
by Annie Jacobsen • 2019
Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.
4.31
7k+
🕵️ CIA History🥷 Covert Operations🎯 Targeted Killing❄️ Cold War History⚔️ Unconventional Warfare
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish 93%
Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.
by Annie Jacobsen 2019
4.31
7k+ ratings
🕵️ CIA History🥷 Covert Operations🎯 Targeted Killing❄️ Cold War History⚔️ Unconventional Warfare
The Man Who Remade India
by Vinay Sitapati • 2016
P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.
4.42
2k+
🇮🇳 Indian Politics📉 Economic Reform📜 Political Biographies🦊 Political Maneuvering🏭 Economic History
The Man Who Remade India Summary
The Man Who Remade India 93%
P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.
by Vinay Sitapati 2016
4.42
2k+ ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Politics📉 Economic Reform📜 Political Biographies🦊 Political Maneuvering🏭 Economic History
Devil's Game
by Robert Dreyfuss • 2005
The United States armed Islamism for sixty years. Al Qaeda was the bill that came due.
3.99
272
🌐 Cold War Geopolitics🕌 Middle Eastern History🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy☪️ Islamism And The West💥 Imperial Blowback
Devil's Game Summary
Devil's Game 93%
The United States armed Islamism for sixty years. Al Qaeda was the bill that came due.
by Robert Dreyfuss 2005
3.99
272 ratings
🌐 Cold War Geopolitics🕌 Middle Eastern History🕵️ Covert Foreign Policy☪️ Islamism And The West💥 Imperial Blowback
Kashmir
by Tariq Ali • 2011
A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.
3.95
618
🧭 Kashmir Conflict🗳️ South Asian Politics🇮🇳 Partition Of India🕊️ Self-Determination⚠️ State Violence
Kashmir Summary
Kashmir 93%
A 1947 promise of a vote. Sixty years of soldiers. Now a generation demands freedom with stones.
by Tariq Ali 2011
3.95
618 ratings
🧭 Kashmir Conflict🗳️ South Asian Politics🇮🇳 Partition Of India🕊️ Self-Determination⚠️ State Violence
The Yom Kippur War
by 50Minutes • 2016
How a Yom Kippur ambush shattered Israel's myth, drew in superpowers, and led to Camp David.
3.00
3
⚔️ Arab-Israeli Conflict🕵️‍♂️ Intelligence Failures🤝 Cold War Diplomacy☢️ Nuclear Brinkmanship🛡️ Military Technology
The Yom Kippur War Summary
The Yom Kippur War 93%
How a Yom Kippur ambush shattered Israel's myth, drew in superpowers, and led to Camp David.
by 50Minutes 2016
3.00
3 ratings
⚔️ Arab-Israeli Conflict🕵️‍♂️ Intelligence Failures🤝 Cold War Diplomacy☢️ Nuclear Brinkmanship🛡️ Military Technology
The Last Warlord
by Brian Glyn Williams • 2013
America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.
4.30
120
🇦🇫 Afghan History🎖️ Military Biography⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare💥 War On Terror🎯 Special Forces
The Last Warlord Summary
The Last Warlord 92%
America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.
by Brian Glyn Williams 2013
4.30
120 ratings
🇦🇫 Afghan History🎖️ Military Biography⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare💥 War On Terror🎯 Special Forces
Pakistan
by Anatol Lieven • 2011
Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.
4.12
2k+
🗳️ South Asian Politics👥 Kinship Politics💬 Failed State Debate🪖 Military And Politics🔬 Political Anthropology
Pakistan Summary
Pakistan 92%
Why Pakistan outlasts every prediction of its collapse: kinship, not government, runs the country.
by Anatol Lieven 2011
4.12
2k+ ratings
🗳️ South Asian Politics👥 Kinship Politics💬 Failed State Debate🪖 Military And Politics🔬 Political Anthropology
Shopping for Bombs
by Gordon Corera • 2006
Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.
3.80
123
☢️ Nuclear Proliferation🌍 International Security🕸️ Global Crime Networks🕵️ Nuclear Espionage🔍 Investigative Journalism
Shopping for Bombs Summary
Shopping for Bombs 92%
Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.
by Gordon Corera 2006
3.80
123 ratings
☢️ Nuclear Proliferation🌍 International Security🕸️ Global Crime Networks🕵️ Nuclear Espionage🔍 Investigative Journalism
The Brothers
by Stephen Kinzer • 2013
The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.
4.15
5k+
📜 Cold War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🕵️ Covert Operations💣 Regime Change🏛️ Eisenhower Era
The Brothers Summary
The Brothers 92%
The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.
by Stephen Kinzer 2013
4.15
5k+ ratings
📜 Cold War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🕵️ Covert Operations💣 Regime Change🏛️ Eisenhower Era
The Twilight Struggle
by Hal Brands • 2022
How America's Cold War playbook for long-haul rivalry can be updated for China and Russia.
3.98
248
🥶 Cold War History🗺️ Grand Strategy🌍 Great Power Rivalry🚧 Containment Strategy☢️ Nuclear Deterrence
The Twilight Struggle Summary
The Twilight Struggle 92%
How America's Cold War playbook for long-haul rivalry can be updated for China and Russia.
by Hal Brands 2022
3.98
248 ratings
🥶 Cold War History🗺️ Grand Strategy🌍 Great Power Rivalry🚧 Containment Strategy☢️ Nuclear Deterrence
The Inevitability of Tragedy
by Barry Gewen • 2020
Kissinger fled the Nazis and learned a lesson America still ignores: tragedy shapes world affairs.
4.00
490
🌐 Foreign Policy🏛️ Realpolitik⚖️ Balance Of Power🎭 Tragic Realism📜 Diplomatic History
The Inevitability of Tragedy Summary
The Inevitability of Tragedy 92%
Kissinger fled the Nazis and learned a lesson America still ignores: tragedy shapes world affairs.
by Barry Gewen 2020
4.00
490 ratings
🌐 Foreign Policy🏛️ Realpolitik⚖️ Balance Of Power🎭 Tragic Realism📜 Diplomatic History
Why Bharat Matters
by S. Jaishankar • 2024
India abandoned diplomatic idealism for raw power realism. Its foreign minister explains why.
3.87
491
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌐 Geopolitical Realism🌏 Multipolar World Order🌍 Global South Politics🌊 Indo-Pacific Strategy
Why Bharat Matters Summary
Why Bharat Matters 92%
India abandoned diplomatic idealism for raw power realism. Its foreign minister explains why.
by S. Jaishankar 2024
3.87
491 ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌐 Geopolitical Realism🌏 Multipolar World Order🌍 Global South Politics🌊 Indo-Pacific Strategy
McNamara at War
by Philip Taubman • 2025
By 1965, McNamara's data proved Vietnam unwinnable. Why he kept fighting for three more years.
4.18
528
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🥶 Cold War History🧮 Technocratic Hubris🌐 American Foreign Policy📊 Quantitative Management
McNamara at War Summary
McNamara at War 92%
By 1965, McNamara's data proved Vietnam unwinnable. Why he kept fighting for three more years.
by Philip Taubman 2025
4.18
528 ratings
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🥶 Cold War History🧮 Technocratic Hubris🌐 American Foreign Policy📊 Quantitative Management
R. N. Kao
by Mr Nitin A Gokhale • 2019
How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.
3.92
456
🕵️ Indian Intelligence🥷 Covert Operations📜 Intelligence History🌏 South Asian Geopolitics❄️ Cold War Espionage
R. N. Kao Summary
R. N. Kao 92%
How a gentle, artistic police officer built India's CIA and secretly redrew South Asia's map.
by Mr Nitin A Gokhale 2019
3.92
456 ratings
🕵️ Indian Intelligence🥷 Covert Operations📜 Intelligence History🌏 South Asian Geopolitics❄️ Cold War Espionage
The Situation Room
by George Stephanopoulos • 2024
Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.
4.33
11k+
🏛️ Presidential History🏠 White House History⚡ Crisis Decision Making🌍 American Foreign Policy🔒 National Security
The Situation Room Summary
The Situation Room 92%
Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.
by George Stephanopoulos 2024
4.33
11k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential History🏠 White House History⚡ Crisis Decision Making🌍 American Foreign Policy🔒 National Security
Rogue State
by William Blum • 2000
The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.
3.97
926
🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy🦅 American Imperialism🕵️ Covert Operations📢 Propaganda Critique💣 Military Intervention
Rogue State Summary
Rogue State 92%
The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.
by William Blum 2000
3.97
926 ratings
🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy🦅 American Imperialism🕵️ Covert Operations📢 Propaganda Critique💣 Military Intervention
The Next Decade
by George Friedman • 2011
America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.
3.84
2k+
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting🎭 Machiavellian Statecraft⚖️ Balance Of Power
The Next Decade Summary
The Next Decade 92%
America stumbled into empire. Holding it requires a playbook its founders would have despised.
by George Friedman 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🔮 Geopolitical Forecasting🎭 Machiavellian Statecraft⚖️ Balance Of Power
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world
by S. Jaishankar • 2020
India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.
3.92
2k+
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌏 Asian Geopolitics🇨🇳 China India Relations🌊 Indo Pacific Geopolitics⚖️ Balance Of Power
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world Summary
India Way,The - Strategies for an uncertain world 92%
India traded non-alignment for a strategy of engaging all sides at once. The architect explains why.
by S. Jaishankar 2020
3.92
2k+ ratings
🇮🇳 Indian Foreign Policy🌏 Asian Geopolitics🇨🇳 China India Relations🌊 Indo Pacific Geopolitics⚖️ Balance Of Power
Savarkar
by Vikram Sampath • 2021
A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.
4.70
472
🚩 Hindu Nationalism📖 Political Biography🗺️ Partition Of India🇮🇳 Anti-Colonial India✊ Social Reform Movements
Savarkar Summary
Savarkar 92%
A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.
by Vikram Sampath 2021
4.70
472 ratings
🚩 Hindu Nationalism📖 Political Biography🗺️ Partition Of India🇮🇳 Anti-Colonial India✊ Social Reform Movements
The Jungle Grows Back
by Robert Kagan • 2018
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
4.09
1k+
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana🦅 Neoconservatism⚔️ Great Power Competition
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back 92%
The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.
by Robert Kagan 2018
4.09
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Liberal Internationalism🕊️ Pax Americana🦅 Neoconservatism⚔️ Great Power Competition
The Management of Savagery
by Max Blumenthal • 2019
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
4.29
807
🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change📢 War Propaganda☪️ Political Islam
The Management of Savagery Summary
The Management of Savagery 92%
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
by Max Blumenthal 2019
4.29
807 ratings
🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change📢 War Propaganda☪️ Political Islam
The Way of the Knife
by Mark Mazzetti • 2013
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
3.85
4k+
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations🎯 Counterterrorism💰 Privatization Of War
The Way of the Knife Summary
The Way of the Knife 92%
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
by Mark Mazzetti 2013
3.85
4k+ ratings
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations🎯 Counterterrorism💰 Privatization Of War
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006
How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.
4.12
4k+
🌍 Foreign Policy🤝 Political Lobbying⚔️ Middle East Conflict📺 Media Influence🎓 Realism
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 92%
How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006
4.12
4k+ ratings
🌍 Foreign Policy🤝 Political Lobbying⚔️ Middle East Conflict📺 Media Influence🎓 Realism
War on Peace
by Ronan Farrow • 2018
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
4.14
9k+
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State🌐 Liberal Internationalism💬 Soft Power
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace 92%
Before Trump, before forever war, Washington gutted the one tool that could prevent them: diplomacy.
by Ronan Farrow 2018
4.14
9k+ ratings
📜 Us Foreign Policy🕊️ American Diplomacy🛡️ National Security State🌐 Liberal Internationalism💬 Soft Power
A New Foreign Policy
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
3.88
337
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity☮️ Anti-Interventionism🎯 Regime Change
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy 92%
The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018
3.88
337 ratings
🦅 American Exceptionalism🏛️ Us Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolarity☮️ Anti-Interventionism🎯 Regime Change
The Great War for Civilisation
by Robert Fisk • 2005
One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.
4.41
6k+
🌍 Modern Middle East🎤 Conflict Reporting🎯 Western Intervention👀 War Witnessing🏛️ Imperial Legacy
The Great War for Civilisation Summary
The Great War for Civilisation 92%
One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.
by Robert Fisk 2005
4.41
6k+ ratings
🌍 Modern Middle East🎤 Conflict Reporting🎯 Western Intervention👀 War Witnessing🏛️ Imperial Legacy
India
by John Keay • 2000
One volume, five thousand years: the subcontinent from its first cities to its midnight partition.
3.93
4k+
🏛️ Civilizational History📖 Narrative History🌏 Cultural Crossroads👑 Empire And Rule🔄 Dynastic Cycles
India Summary
India 92%
One volume, five thousand years: the subcontinent from its first cities to its midnight partition.
by John Keay 2000
3.93
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Civilizational History📖 Narrative History🌏 Cultural Crossroads👑 Empire And Rule🔄 Dynastic Cycles
Pakistan on the Brink
by Ahmed Rashid • 2012
The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.
3.78
910
🏔️ Afghanistan War🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics🪖 Counterinsurgency🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism💣 War On Terror
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink 92%
The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.
by Ahmed Rashid 2012
3.78
910 ratings
🏔️ Afghanistan War🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics🪖 Counterinsurgency🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism💣 War On Terror
World Order
by Henry Kissinger • 2014
Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.
4.04
14k+
🌍 International Order⚖️ Balance Of Power📜 Diplomatic History🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🗺️ Geopolitics
World Order Summary
World Order 92%
Europe invented the state system; now every civilization advances a rival blueprint for world order.
by Henry Kissinger 2014
4.04
14k+ ratings
🌍 International Order⚖️ Balance Of Power📜 Diplomatic History🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🗺️ Geopolitics
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
3.74
3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 92%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States
by V.P. Menon • 1956
Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.
4.36
294
🏰 Indian Princely States🕊️ Decolonization🤝 Political Unification🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft📖 Insider History
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary
The Story of the Integration of the Indian States 92%
Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.
by V.P. Menon 1956
4.36
294 ratings
🏰 Indian Princely States🕊️ Decolonization🤝 Political Unification🧭 Postcolonial Statecraft📖 Insider History
The Oil Kings
by Andrew Scott Cooper • 2011
Secret U.S. deals armed the Shah and quadrupled oil prices. The world never recovered.
4.10
831
🛢️ Oil Politics🕌 Middle Eastern History🤝 Secret Diplomacy💰 Economic Warfare🔫 Arms Trade
The Oil Kings Summary
The Oil Kings 92%
Secret U.S. deals armed the Shah and quadrupled oil prices. The world never recovered.
by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011
4.10
831 ratings
🛢️ Oil Politics🕌 Middle Eastern History🤝 Secret Diplomacy💰 Economic Warfare🔫 Arms Trade
Science of Coercion
by Christopher Simpson • 1994
Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.
4.11
89
📜 Cold War History📢 Propaganda Studies🕵️ Covert Operations🎓 Military-Academic Complex⚖️ Research Ethics
Science of Coercion Summary
Science of Coercion 92%
Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.
by Christopher Simpson 1994
4.11
89 ratings
📜 Cold War History📢 Propaganda Studies🕵️ Covert Operations🎓 Military-Academic Complex⚖️ Research Ethics
The Afghanistan Papers
by Craig Whitlock • 2021
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
4.25
7k+
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy🔍 Intelligence Failure🪖 Counterinsurgency
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers 92%
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
by Craig Whitlock 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy🔍 Intelligence Failure🪖 Counterinsurgency
The Emergency
by Coomi Kapoor • 2015
When the lights went out at the Indian Express, a journalist knew the democracy had broken.
4.00
1k+
🏛️ Indian Political History⚠️ Democratic Backsliding📰 Press Censorship👑 Dynastic Politics✍️ Political Memoir
The Emergency Summary
The Emergency 92%
When the lights went out at the Indian Express, a journalist knew the democracy had broken.
by Coomi Kapoor 2015
4.00
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Indian Political History⚠️ Democratic Backsliding📰 Press Censorship👑 Dynastic Politics✍️ Political Memoir
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